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Damp course   /dæmp kɔrs/   Listen
Damp course

noun
1.
A course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building.  Synonym: damp-proof course.






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"Damp course" Quotes from Famous Books



... western Mongolia, not in the Chinese but in the Tibetan style of architecture, a white building with perpendicular walls and regular rows of windows in black frames, with a roof of black tiles and with a most unusual damp course laid between the stone walls and the roof timbers and made of bundles of twigs from a Tibetan tree which never rots. Another small quadrangle lay a little to the east and contained Russian buildings connected with the ...
— Beasts, Men and Gods • Ferdinand Ossendowski



Words linked to "Damp course" :   row, course, damp-proof course



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